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In the 1992 documentary "Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media", the acclaimed professor of linguistics and previous guest on London Real famously said: 🗣️ “If you believe in freedom of speech, you believe in free speech for views you don't like. Goebbels was in favour of freedom of speech for views he liked. So was Stalin. If you're in favour of freedom of speech, that means you're in favour of freedom of speech precisely for views you despise.” And right now, it feels like we are living in another era marked by the tyranny of the majority 🗯️🗯️🗯️ 🚫🚫🚫 With social media platforms happy to ban content they don’t like, our fundamental rights to free speech are being eroded on a seemingly daily basis, as YouTube continues to deplatform documentary makers, interview-based shows and anything else that contradicts the approved status quo. In 2020, London Real was faced with the ultimate censorship battle: as Silicon Valley behemoths, governments and regulators took i...

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